Relevant Tones live features music and conversation on a trending or otherwise important topic and, as the name implies, is taped live in front of an audience. The first of three live shows this year will feature conversation and music inspired by the Overlooked No More obituaries in the NY Times.

The Times is writing obituaries for significant people whose lives were not originally memorialized often because they were women or people of color. ACM is commissioning five composers to write a short musical homage to the person of their choice. Gilbert Galindo is one of them, writing a string quartet honoring Jovia Idár, a Texas Mexican-American journalist, activist, and suffragist who often faced dangerous situations in the first half of the 20th century.

ACM will also talk with filmmaker Vanessa Gould (Obit) and Baltimore Sun obituary writer Jacques Kelly. This event is produced in collaboration with the Esopus Foundation.